Constitutional Law - POL 3323 Syllabus
Professor: Richard Gambitta, Ph.D.
Summer Law School Preparation Academy 2005
Offices: UTSA Downtown Campus - BV 4.356, Institute for Law & Public Affairs, & at the 1604 Campus - MS 4.03.02
Class: MTWR 10:00 - 11:50 a.m. 6/6-7/9
Room: Buena Vista (BV) Building - 2.304
Fax: 458-5430
Office Hours: MW 8-9 & 4-5 pm & by appointment
Phones: X 2990 & 5883
e-mail: richard.gambitta@utsa.edu - please email professor through this email rather than through WebCT
Websites: Dr. Gambitta http://colfa.utsa.edu/users/rgambitta/
Institute for Law and Public Affairs: http://colfa.utsa.edu:16080/ilpa/index.htm
WebCT: https://webct.utsa.edu/webct/ticket/ticketLogin?action=print_login&request_uri=/webct/homearea/homearea%3F
Professor Gambitta designed this course in constitutional law for students in the UTSA Summer Law School Preparation
Academy who want a rigorous examination of constitutional law and interpretation. The course requires voluminous,
careful, and critical reading by all students. Attendance in class is mandatory. Failure to attend class will result in a lower
final grade. The course provides the opportunity for students to hone analytical, critical reading, and communication skills.
Doing well in this course demands extraordinary motivation, heavy concentration, sustained dedication, and active
participation. Students must be prepared to discuss cases and present analyses in each class. Lack of preparation is
unacceptable. The course has a unique electronic syllabus. The professor calls on students whether or not they volunteer to
answer. Other students should benefit from your comments and questions in class. This is a collective enterprise, so
contribute—otherwise you pulling your load. The professor will use different modes of teaching. Students must present
assignments on time.
In this course, students will examine the U.S. Constitution through detailed analyses of constitutional case-law, the history
and politics of litigation, and the policy impact of judicial decisions. We shall examine federal and state statutory law and
the Texas Constitution as they pertain to selected cases. We shall focus on several U.S. Supreme Court Justices, their
decisions, judicial and political philosophies, and behavior, also. The objectives of this course include having students: (a)
gain a sophisticated understanding of the modes of constitutional interpretation in the U.S. system of government; (b) learn
the constitutional powers and limitations associated with the three branches of government; (c) understand the respective
powers of the states and the national government; (d) assess the nature, extent, and importance of those rights possessed by
individuals which governments are not to abridge; (e) study the important political and social context of judicial decision
making and impact of court decisions in the ongoing policy processes of the U.S.; and (f) analyze arguments, criticize
arguments, create arguments, draw reasoned conclusions, and communicate diverse positions effectively.
Students are to conduct themselves professionally at all times. The successful teaching of this class requires extensive
classroom interaction. Students are to treat others respectfully if criticizing others’ viewpoints. Students must adhere to the
highest standards of honor in all matters related to scholarship. The professor condemns and prohibits any form of
plagiarism, cheating, or other unfair, unethical conduct and will prosecute occurrences according to UTSA rules (see
Information bulletin).
Students are to refer to the WebCT site and the professor’s site (both linked above) to secure information pertinent to class.
Students are expected to e-correspond with the professor and other students, and seek assistance when needed.
Students should prepare to discuss all cases listed on the syllabus, but the focus in class will be on those cases with one or
two asterisks (* or **). The professor will conduct extensive Socratic interactions on cases with two asterisks (**), discuss
cases with one asterisk (*), and may refer at times to cases without asterisks. Students are responsible for every case with
one or two asterisks and every case discussed or mentioned in class. The professor has given students multiple citations to
cases in the electronic syllabus. Students will find abridgements of the cases in the casebook. Cases have citations to the
U.S. Reports or equivalents and to findlaw.com or www.oyez.org/oyez/frontpage. If you are reading this syllabus from
a computer that is linked to the Internet, you can move directly from the e-syllabus citation to the sites containing
the full opinions, oral arguments, syllabi, or abstracts, by clicking the active hot-linked citations. This enables
students to access the full opinions, summaries, abstracts, and oral arguments of the cases at the click of a finger. Many
Supreme Court Reporters and U.S. Reports are housed in our library’s reference room. Note that findlaw.com and
www.oyez.org/oyez/frontpage are interactive. The professor will make numerous assignments from Websites as the course
progresses. The professor will bring oral arguments to class and assign "thinking assignments." Cases from the 2003-4 and
2004-5 term will be added without notice throughout the course, though the syllabus contains some of them already. Read
your emails everyday.
The professor may cut cases where time demands it, entirely for the benefit of student sanity. He will add cases
when necessary, entirely for student edification or as a result of class interactions and current Supreme Court
decisions. The schedule of case discussions is not set in concrete, but, in general, students must be prepared
ahead of the instructor by ten cases.
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Course Requirements:
Quizzes, briefs, and short essays (in class or take-home)
Final Examination
Class Participation (Grades A to F)
Attendance
20%
70%
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priceless
Course Texts & Required Readings:
Ducat, Craig Constitutional Interpretation (7th or 8th edition)
Findlaw Project
findlaw.com This gives the full opinion of court decisions, plus you can track statutes, etc.
The Oyez Project: U.S. Supreme Court Multimedia Database, www.oyez.org/oyez/frontpage
All readings placed on or linked through Website or WebCT or placed on reserve for this class.
Individual readings to particular students assigned by the professor
Suggested Readings and Listening and Research Tools
General:
Horn Books:
Goldman, Jerry
Hall, Kermit (ed.)
Hall, Kermit (ed.)
Nowak, Rotunda, Young (eds.)
Tribe, Lawrence
Interpretation; Carter, Leif
Tribe, L.
Dorf, M.
The Supreme Court's Greatest Hits (Audio, Computer CD)
Oxford Companion to the Supreme Court of the United States
Oxford Companion to U.S. Supreme Court Decisions
Constitutional Law
American Constitutional Law
Constitutional Interpretation
On Reading the Constitution
Constitutional Law Stories
Research and background assignments through the following websites (become familiar with them now!):
Articles of Confederation & U.S. Constitution, http://www.usconstitution.net/articles.html
History of Constitutional Convention, Library of Congress, http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/bdsds/
U.S. Constitution,
http://www.access.gpo.gov/congress/senate/constitution/toc.html
U.S. Constitution (search by word)
http://www.usconstitution.net/const.html
U.S. Constitution,
http://www.law.emory.edu/FEDERAL/conpict.html
Constitutional Law Center,
http://supreme.findlaw.com/
U.S. Supreme Court Justice,
http://www2.cybernex.net/~vanalst/supreme.html
Federalist Paper,
http://www.law.emory.edu/FEDERAL/
Federalist Papers
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/const/fed/fedpapers.html
Anti-Federalist Paper,
http://www.constitution.org/afp/afp.htm
Federalism Link,
http://www.infidels.org/~nap/index.federalism.html
U.S. Supreme Court Opinions, U.S. Code, Appellate Court Decision,
http://findlaw.com/
The Oyez Project: U.S. Supreme Court Multimedia Database
www.oyez.org/oyez/frontpage
Legal Information Institute, Cornell University
http://www.law.cornell.edu/index.html
Avalon Project of Yale Law School, historical
http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/avalon.htm
Legal Information Institute’s Current U.S. Supreme Court Awareness
http://supct.law.cornell.edu/supct/
LLI Eye on Courts
http://www.law.cornell.edu/focus/liieye.htm
Jamail Center for Legal Research, Tarlton Law Library, UT School of Law
http://www.law.utexas.edu
Texas Legal Materials
http://www.law.utexas.edu/texas/ or http://www.law.cornell.edu/states/texas.html#opinions
State Constitutions http://www.louisville.edu/library/ekstrom/govpubs/goodsources/history/constitution/stateconstitution.html
Understanding the Federal Courts http://www.uscourts.gov/understanding_courts/899_toc.htm
Justice Ginsberg on Supreme Court Procedures
http://gos.sbc.edu/g/ginsburg.html
Congressional Statutes passed since 1973
http://thomas.loc.gov/home/thomas2.html
Center for the Study of Federalism
http://www.temple.edu/federalism/
Tarlton Library (Texas) Constitutions
http://www.law.utexas.edu/constitutions/index2.html
Texas Handbook Online
http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online
Voting Rights
http://www.usdoj.gov/crt/voting/
My Capitol.com provides links to Texas & U.S. Legislatures, etc. http://www.mycapitol.com
The Civil Rights Project, Harvard University
http://www.harvard.edu/groups/civilrights/
Center for Individual Rights
http://www.cir-usa.org
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American Civil Liberties Union
Federalist Society
http://www.aclu.org
http://www.fed-soc.org/Publications/readinglist/readinglist.htm
Continued: Research and background assignments through the following websites
Federalist Society Conservative Libertarian Pre-Law Reading List http://www.fedsoc.org/Publications/readinglist/readinglist.htm
International Humanitarian Law (Law Of War)
http://news.findlaw.com/legalnews/lit/iraq/laws.html
The Supreme Court Historical Society
http://www.supremecourthistory.org/
Touro Law Education Library
http://www.tourolaw.edu/library_uscoa_2nd_circuit/internet_resources/legal.asp#courts
The Center for Information Law and Policy
http://www.infoctr.edu/fwl/
The Federal Web Locator (FWL)
http://www.infoctr.edu/fwl/
FWL Quick Links Locator:
http://www.infoctr.edu/fwl/#jumps
Jurist Legal Intelligence for an Educated Society (Univ. of Pittsburgh School of Law) http://jurist.law.pitt.edu/index.php
Jurist L.I. Paper Chase (Contemporary News on Law) http://jurist.law.pitt.edu/paperchase/index.htm
Jurist L.I. Links to Law Reviews
http://jurist.law.pitt.edu/lawrev.htm
Jurist L.I. Links to Legal Video
http://jurist.law.pitt.edu/live.htm
Peoples Republic of China’s Constitution, Comparative http://www.usconstitution.net/china.html
The Constitution & Judicial Review, Powers, and Limits
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The U.S. Constitution (Read it in one sitting!)
Marbury v. Madison, 5 U.S. (1 Cranch) 137 (1803)
p4
http://caselaw.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?navby=case&court=US&vol=5&page=137
http://www.oyez.org/oyez/resource/case/224/
http://www.landmarkcases.org/marbury/home.html
Response by Thomas Jefferson through correspondence to Marshall’s arguments in Marbury:
http://www.landmarkcases.org/marbury/jefferson.html
Eakin v. Raub, 12 S & Rawle (Penns)
p 13
Sanford v. Scott, 60 U.S. (19 How.) 393 (1857)
p 26, 96
http://caselaw.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?navby=case&court=US&vol=60&page=393
http://www.oyez.org/oyez/resource/case/101/
Schenck v. U.S., 249 U.S. 47 (1919)
p 781
http://caselaw.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?navby=case&court=US&vol=249&page=47
http://www.oyez.org/oyez/resource/case/346/
Fletcher v. Peck, 10 U.S. (6 Cranch) 87 (1810)
p 415
http://caselaw.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?navby=case&court=US&vol=10&page=87
http://www.oyez.org/oyez/resource/case/124/
Martin v. Hunter's Lessee, 14 U.S. (__ Wheat.) 304 (1816)
p 19
http://caselaw.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?navby=case&court=US&vol=14&page=308
http://www.oyez.org/oyez/resource/case/225/
Cohens v. Virginia, 19 U.S. (__ Wheat.) 264 (1821)
p 18, 96
http://caselaw.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?navby=case&court=US&vol=19&page=264
http://www.oyez.org/oyez/resource/case/78/
Cooper v. Aaron 358 U.S. 1 (1958)
p 1138
http://caselaw.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?navby=case&court=US&vol=358&page=1
http://www.oyez.org/oyez/resource/case/85/
Gitlow v. New York, 268 U.S. 652 (1925) (Review of state legislation & the incorporation doctrine) p 788
http://caselaw.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?navby=case&court=US&vol=268&page=652
http://www.oyez.org/oyez/resource/case/140/
U.S. v. Carolene Products, 304 U.S. 144 (1938) (focus on footnote)
p 91
http://caselaw.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?navby=case&court=US&vol=304&page=144
http://www.oyez.org/oyez/resource/case/402/
Ex Parte McCardle, 74 U.S. 506 (1869) (appellate jurisdiction)
p 24
http://caselaw.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?navby=case&court=US&vol=74&page=506
http://www.oyez.org/oyez/resource/case/116/
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Justice Ginsberg on Supreme Court Procedures, http://gos.sbc.edu/g/ginsburg.html
Modes of Constitutional Interpretation addressed preliminarily.
**Read Handout on Judicial Self Restraints.
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Muscrat v. U.S., 219 U.S. 346 (1911) (case & controversy, advisory opinions & necessary adverseness) p 40
http://caselaw.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?navby=case&court=US&vol=219&page=346
De Funis v. Odegaard, 416 U.S. 312 (1974)
(mootness)
p 39,43,44
http://caselaw.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?navby=case&court=US&vol=416&page=312
http://www.oyez.org/oyez/resource/case/97/
Ashwander v. T.V.A., 297 U.S. 288 (1935)
(assess Brandeis’ summary)
p 58
http://caselaw.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?navby=case&court=US&vol=297&page=288
http://www.oyez.org/oyez/resource/case/20/
National Treasury Employees Union v. U.S. 101 F. 3d 1423, U.S. Ct. of Appeals, DC, (1996) (ripeness) p 45
http://www.oyez.org/oyez/resource/case/61/
Allen v. Wright, 468 U.S. 737 (1984) (standing)
p 47
http://caselaw.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?navby=case&court=US&vol=468&page=737
http://www.oyez.org/oyez/resource/case/12/
City of Los Angeles v. Lyons, 453 U.S. 1308 (1981)
p 54
http://caselaw.findlaw.com/cgi-bin/getcase.pl?court=US&vol=453&invol=1308
http://www.oyez.org/oyez/resource/case/213/
Doe v. Bush U.S. Court of Appeals, 1st Circuit, 323 F. 3d 133 2003 (Ripeness)
http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?court=1st&navby=case&no=031266&exact=1
Frothingham v. Mellon, 262 U.S. 447 (1923)
(taxpayer standing)
p 56
http://caselaw.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?navby=case&court=US&vol=262&page=447
http://www.oyez.org/oyez/resource/case/129/
Flast v. Cohen, 392 U.S. 83 (1968)
(master the double nexus test)
p 56
http://caselaw.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?navby=case&court=US&vol=392&page=83
http://www.oyez.org/oyez/resource/case/123/
Warth v. Seldin, 422 U.S. 490 (1975) (standing)
http://caselaw.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?navby=case&court=US&vol=422&page=490
Sierra Club v. Morton, 405 U.S. 727 (1972) (standing)
http://caselaw.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?navby=case&court=US&vol=405&page=727
Laird v. Tatum, 408 U.S. 1 (1972)
(standing and ripeness)
p 12
http://caselaw.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?navby=case&court=US&vol=408&page=1
Schlesinger v. Reservists Committee to Stop the War, 418 U.S. 208 (1974) p 57, 77
http://caselaw.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?navby=case&court=US&vol=418&page=208
U.S. v. Richardson, 418 U.S. 166 (1974)
p 57
http://caselaw.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?navby=case&court=US&vol=418&page=166
http://www.oyez.org/oyez/resource/case/414/
Coleman v. Miller, 307 U.S. 433 (1939) (political questions & amendment process)
http://caselaw.findlaw.com/cgi-bin/getcase.pl?court=US&vol=307&invol=433
Baker v. Carr, 369 U.S. 186 (1962)
(political questions)
p 60
http://caselaw.findlaw.com/cgi-bin/getcase.pl?court=US&vol=369&invol=186
http://www.oyez.org/oyez/resource/case/25/
Powell v. McCormack 395 U.S. 486 (1969)
p 58
http://caselaw.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?navby=case&court=US&vol=395&page=486
http://www.oyez.org/oyez/resource/case/316/
U.S. Term Limits, Inc. v. Thornton, 514 U.S. 779 (1995)
p 105
http://caselaw.findlaw.com/cgi-bin/getcase.pl?court=US&vol=000&invol=U10278
http://www.oyez.org/oyez/resource/case/641/
Walter Nixon v. United States, 506 U.S. 224 (1993)
http://caselaw.findlaw.com/cgi-bin/getcase.pl?court=US&vol=506&invol=224
http://www.oyez.org/oyez/resource/case/810/
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Federalism & Congressional Powers & Limitations
Introduction of Congressional Powers
Overall Readings for Section -- Ducat p 79-158, 270-277, and assigned cases:
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McCulloch v. Maryland, 17 U.S. 316 (1819)
p 107
http://caselaw.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?navby=case&court=US&vol=17&page=316
http://www.oyez.org/oyez/resource/case/236/
South Carolina v. Katzenbach 383 U.S. 301 (1966)
p 113
http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?navby=search&court=US&case=/us/383/301.html
http://www.oyez.org/oyez/resource/case/362/
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Religious Freedom Restoration Act:
http://www.prop1.org/rainbow/rfra.htm
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City of Boerne v. Flores, 117 U.S. 2517 (1997)
p 119
http://caselaw.findlaw.com/cgi-bin/getcase.pl?court=US&vol=000&invol=95-2074
http://www.oyez.org/oyez/resource/case/846/
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Gibbons v. Ogden, 22 U.S. 1 (1824)
p 278
http://caselaw.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?navby=case&court=US&vol=22&page=1
http://www.oyez.org/oyez/resource/case/137/
Stafford v. Wallace, 258 U.S. 495 (1922)
p 284
http://caselaw.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?navby=case&court=US&vol=258&page=495
http://www.oyez.org/oyez/resource/case/365/
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Champion v. Ames, 188 U.S. 321 (1903)
p 288
http://caselaw.findlaw.com/cgi-bin/getcase.pl?court=US&vol=188&invol=321
http://www.oyez.org/oyez/resource/case/67/
Brooks v. U.S., 267 U.S. 432 (1927)
p 292
http://caselaw.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?navby=case&court=US&vol=267&page=432
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Houston, East West TX Rail. Co. v. U.S., 234 U.S. 342 (1914)
p 286
http://caselaw.findlaw.com/cgi-bin/getcase.pl?court=US&vol=234&invol=342
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Hammer v. Dagenhart, 247 U.S. 251 (1918)
p 304
http://caselaw.findlaw.com/cgi-bin/getcase.pl?court=US&vol=247&invol=251
http://www.oyez.org/oyez/resource/case/153/
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Schechter Poultry Corp. v. U.S., 295 U.S. 495 (1935)
p 133
http://caselaw.findlaw.com/cgi-bin/getcase.pl?court=US&vol=295&invol=495
http://www.oyez.org/oyez/resource/case/345/
Panama Refining Co. v. Ryan, 293 U.S. 388 (1935)
p 132
http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?court=us&vol=293&invol=388
Carter v. Carter Coal Co., 298 U.S. 238 (1936)
http://caselaw.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?navby=case&court=US&vol=298&page=238
http://www.oyez.org/oyez/resource/case/66/
NLRB v. Laughlin Steel 301 U.S. 1 (1937)
http://caselaw.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?court=US&navby=case&vol=301&invol=1
http://www.oyez.org/oyez/resource/case/283/
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U.S. v. Darby, 312 U.S. 100 (1941)
p 323
http://caselaw.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?navby=case&court=US&vol=312&page=100
http://www.oyez.org/oyez/resource/case/403/
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Wickard v. Filburn, 317 U.S. 111 (1942)
p 324
http://caselaw.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?navby=case&court=US&vol=317&page=111
http://www.oyez.org/oyez/resource/case/443/
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Heart of Atlanta Motel v. U.S., 379 U.S. 241 (1964)
p 294
http://caselaw.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?navby=case&court=US&vol=379&page=241
http://www.oyez.org/oyez/resource/case/159/
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Katzenbach v. McClung, 379 U.S. 294 (1964)
p 297
http://caselaw.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?navby=case&court=US&vol=379&page=294
http://www.oyez.org/oyez/resource/case/199/
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National League of Cities v. Usery, 426 U.S. 833 (1976)
p 328
http://caselaw.findlaw.com/cgi-bin/getcase.pl?court=US&vol=426&invol=833
http://www.oyez.org/oyez/resource/case/270/
Garcia v. SAMTA, 469 U.S. 528 (1985)
p 328
http://caselaw.findlaw.com/cgi-bin/getcase.pl?court=US&vol=469&invol=528
http://www.oyez.org/oyez/resource/case/133/
Steward Machine Co. v. Davis, 301 U.S. 548 (1937)
p 353
http://caselaw.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?navby=case&court=US&vol=301&page=548
http://www.oyez.org/oyez/resource/case/368/
South Dakota v. Dole, 483 U.S. 203 (1987)
p 358
http://caselaw.findlaw.com/cgi-bin/getcase.pl?court=US&vol=483&invol=203
http://www.oyez.org/oyez/resource/case/363/
Gregory v. Ashcroft, 501 U.S. 452 (1991)
http://caselaw.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?navby=case&court=US&vol=501&page=452
http://www.oyez.org/oyez/resource/case/671/
New York v. United States, 505 U.S. 144 (1992)
p 376
http://caselaw.findlaw.com/cgi-bin/getcase.pl?court=US&vol=505&invol=144
http://www.oyez.org/oyez/resource/case/644/
U.S. v. Lopez, 514 U.S. 549, 115 S.Ct. 1624 (1995)
p 328
http://caselaw.findlaw.com/cgi-bin/getcase.pl?court=US&vol=000&invol=U10287
http://www.oyez.org/oyez/resource/case/642/
Printz v. United States, 117 S.Ct. 2365 (1997)
p 382
http://caselaw.findlaw.com/cgi-bin/getcase.pl?court=US&vol=000&invol=95-1478
http://www.oyez.org/oyez/resource/case/835/
U.S. v. Morrison 529 U.S. 598 (2000)
p 332
http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?court=us&vol=000&invol=99-5
Mistretta v. U.S, 488 U. S. 361 (1989)
p 146
http://caselaw.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?navby=case&court=US&vol=488&page=361
http://www.oyez.org/oyez/resource/case/256/
Sabri v. U.S. Decided May 17, 2004
http://supct.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/03-44.ZO.html
Bush v Gore 531 U.S. 531 U.S. 98 (2000)
p 1220/1
http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?court=us&vol=000&invol=00-949
http://www.oyez.org/oyez/resource/case/766/
http://www.oup-usa.org/sc/0195148274/0195148274_apdx5.pdf
http://www.oup-usa.org/sc/0195148274/ (Dershowitz Webpage, Supreme Injustice)
Executive Branch Powers and Limits
Executive Branch
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The Prize Cases, 67 U.S. 635, 17 L. Ed. 459 (1863)
p 193
http://caselaw.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?navby=case&court=US&vol=67&page=635
http://www.oyez.org/oyez/resource/case/384/
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In re Neagle, 135 U.S. 1 (1890)
p 200
http://caselaw.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?navby=case&court=US&vol=135&page=1
http://www.oyez.org/oyez/resource/case/182/
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Ex Parte Milligan, 71 U.S. (Wall.) 2 (1866)
p 194
http://caselaw.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?navby=case&court=US&vol=71&page=2
http://www.oyez.org/oyez/resource/case/117/
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Myers v. U.S., 272 U.S. 52 (1926)
p 178
http://caselaw.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?navby=case&court=US&vol=272&page=52
http://www.oyez.org/oyez/resource/case/266/
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Humphrey's Executor v. U. S., 295 U.S. 602 (1935)
p 183
http://caselaw.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?navby=case&court=US&vol=295&page=602
http://www.oyez.org/oyez/resource/case/171/
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Wiener v. U.S., 357 U.S. 349 (1958)
p 184
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http://caselaw.findlaw.com/cgi-bin/getcase.pl?court=US&vol=357&invol=349
http://www.oyez.org/oyez/resource/case/444/
Elrod v. Burns, 427 U.S. 347 (1976)
p 906
http://caselaw.findlaw.com/cgi-bin/getcase.pl?court=US&vol=427&invol=347
Morrison v. Olson, 487 U.S. 654 (1988)
p 185
http://caselaw.findlaw.com/cgi-bin/getcase.pl?court=US&vol=487&invol=654
http://www.oyez.org/oyez/resource/case/261/
Korematsu v. U.S., 323 U.S. 214 (1944)
p 201
http://caselaw.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?navby=case&court=US&vol=323&page=214
http://www.oyez.org/oyez/resource/case/203/
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/8420/timeline.html (Timeline with detailed research on Japanese Internment
and history of relevant WWII events.)
(Tape shown outside of class on Japanese Relocation Centers and the impact of the episode.)
http://www.aclunc.org/aclunews/news298/korematsu.html Fred Korematsu given Medal of Freedom.
Youngstown Sheet and Tube v. Sawyer, 343 U.S. 579 (1952)
p 209
http://caselaw.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?navby=case&court=US&vol=343&page=579
http://www.oyez.org/oyez/resource/case/456/
U.S. v. Nixon, 418 U.S. 683 (1974)
p 222
http://caselaw.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?navby=case&court=US&vol=418&page=683
http://www.oyez.org/oyez/resource/case/410/
Clinton v. Jones, 117 S.Ct. 1636 (1997)
p 241
http://caselaw.findlaw.com/cgi-bin/getcase.pl?court=US&vol=000&invol=95-1853
http://www.oyez.org/oyez/resource/case/844/
Cheney, V.P. v U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/cgi-bin/getcase.pl?court=US&navby=case&vol=000&invol=03-475
http://www.oyez.org/oyez/resource/case/1715/
N.Y. Times v. U.S., 403 U.S. 713 (1971)
p 940
http://caselaw.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?navby=case&court=US&vol=403&page=713
http://www.oyez.org/oyez/resource/case/278/
I.N.S. v. Chadha, 462 U.S. 919 (1983)
p 137
http://caselaw.findlaw.com/cgi-bin/getcase.pl?court=US&vol=462&invol=919
http://www.oyez.org/oyez/resource/case/184/
Bowsher v. Synar, 478 U.S. 714 (1986)
p 144
http://caselaw.findlaw.com/cgi-bin/getcase.pl?court=US&vol=478&invol=714
http://www.oyez.org/oyez/resource/case/45/
Dellums v. Bush, 752 F. Supp. 1141 (D.D.C. 1990)
p 264
Raines v. Byrd, 117 S.Ct. 2312 (1997)
http://caselaw.findlaw.com/cgi-bin/getcase.pl?court=US&vol=000&invol=96-1671
http://www.oyez.org/oyez/resource/case/840/
Clinton v. New York, 118 S.Ct. 2091 (1998)
p 147
http://caselaw.findlaw.com/cgi-bin/getcase.pl?court=US&vol=000&invol=97-1374
http://www.oyez.org/oyez/resource/case/1106/
U.S. Patriot Act (The Act and materials pertaining to it...)
http://www.eff.org/Privacy/Surveillance/Terrorism/20011025_hr3162_usa_patriot_bill.html
http://www.epic.org/privacy/terrorism/hr3162.html
http://www.aclu.org/SafeandFree/SafeandFree.cfm?ID=12126&c=207
http://www.cnn.com/2004/LAW/01/26/patriot.act.ap/
http://www.cnn.com/2004/LAW/05/28/computer.terrorism.ap/index.html
Rumsfeld v. Padilla, No. 03-334. Argued April 20, 2004--Decided June 28, 2004
http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/cgi-bin/getcase.pl?court=US&navby=case&vol=000&invol=03-1027
http://www.oyez.org/oyez/resource/case/1730/
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Rasul v. Bush, et al., No. 03-334. Argued April 20, 2004--Decided June 28, 2004
http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/cgi-bin/getcase.pl?court=US&navby=case&vol=000&invol=03-334
oral argument available through: http://supct.law.cornell.edu/supct/
and at rtsp://video.c-span.org/project/spec/spec042004_sc.rm
Hamdi v. Padilla, No. 03-6696. Argued April 28, 2004--Decided June 28, 2004
http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/cgi-bin/getcase.pl?court=US&navby=case&vol=000&invol=03-6696
Tenet et al. v. Doe et ux. No. 03-1395.Argued January 11, 2005--Decided March 2, 2005
http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/cgi-bin/getcase.pl?court=US&navby=case&vol=000&invol=03-1395
Penumbra, the Right to Contract, Privacy & Autonomous Choices
Right to Privacy, Right To Be Left Alone, Right of Autonomous Choice
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Jacobson v. Massachusetts 197 U.S.11 (1905)
p 365
http://caselaw.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?navby=search&linkurl=<%LINKURL%>&graphurl=<%GR
APHURL%>&court=US&case=/us/197/11.html
http://www.oyez.org/oyez/resource/case/188/
Lochner v. N.Y., 198 U.S. 45 (1905)
p 441
http://caselaw.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?navby=case&court=US&vol=198&page=45
http://www.oyez.org/oyez/resource/case/211/
Muller v. Oregon, 208 U.S. 412 (1908)
p 445
http://caselaw.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?navby=case&court=US&vol=208&page=412
http://www.oyez.org/oyez/resource/case/264/
Loving v. Virginia, 388 U.S. 1, 87 S.Ct. 1817 (1967)
p 706
http://caselaw.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?navby=case&court=US&vol=388&page=1
http://www.oyez.org/oyez/resource/case/214/
Stanley v. Georgia, 394 U.S. 557 (1969)
p 982
http://caselaw.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?navby=case&court=US&vol=394&page=557
http://www.oyez.org/oyez/resource/case/367/
Moore v. East Cleveland, 431 U.S. 494 (1977)
p 756
http://caselaw.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?navby=case&court=US&vol=431&page=494
http://www.oyez.org/oyez/resource/case/258/
Zablocki v. Redhail, 434 U.S. 374 (1978)
http://caselaw.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?navby=case&court=US&vol=434&page=374
Buck v. Bell, 274 U.S. 200, 47 S.Ct. 584 (1927)
p 705
http://caselaw.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?navby=case&court=US&vol=274&page=200
http://www.oyez.org/oyez/resource/case/56/
Skinner v. Oklahoma, 316 U.S. 535, 62 S.Ct. 1110 (1942)
p 705
http://caselaw.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?navby=case&court=US&vol=316&page=535
http://www.oyez.org/oyez/resource/case/354/
Griswold v. Connecticut, 381 U.S. 479 (1965)
p 707
http://caselaw.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?navby=case&court=US&vol=381&page=479
http://www.oyez.org/oyez/resource/case/149/
Eisenstadt v. Baird 405 U.S. 438 (1972)
http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?court=US&navby=case&vol=405&invol=438&friend=oyez
http://www.oyez.org/oyez/resource/case/630/
Carey v. Population Services International 431 U.S. 678 (1977)
http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?navby=case&court=us&vol=431&page=678
Stanley v. Georgia, 394 U.S. 557 (1969)
p 982
http://caselaw.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?navby=case&court=US&vol=394&page=557
http://www.oyez.org/oyez/resource/case/367/
Roe v. Wade, 410 U.S 113, 93 S.Ct. 705 (1973)
p 713
http://caselaw.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?navby=case&court=US&vol=410&page=113
http://www.oyez.org/oyez/resource/case/334/
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Harris v. McRae, 448 U.S. 297 (1980)
p 744
http://caselaw.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?navby=case&court=US&vol=448&page=297
http://www.oyez.org/oyez/resource/case/155/
Akron v. Akron Center for Reproductive Health, 462 U.S. 416, 13 S.Ct. 2481 (1983)
p 721
http://caselaw.findlaw.com/cgi-bin/getcase.pl?court=US&vol=462&invol=416
http://www.oyez.org/oyez/resource/case/10/
Thornburgh v. American College of Obstetricians, 476 U.S. 747, 106 S.Ct. 2169 (1986) p 720
http://caselaw.findlaw.com/cgi-bin/getcase.pl?court=US&vol=476&invol=747
http://www.oyez.org/oyez/resource/case/388/
Webster v. Reproductive Services, 492 U.S. 490 (1989)
p 720
http://caselaw.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?navby=case&court=US&vol=492&page=490
http://www.oyez.org/oyez/resource/case/436/
Planned Parenthood of Southeastern PA v. Casey, 505 U.S. 822, 112 S.Ct. 2791 (1992) p 723
http://caselaw.findlaw.com/cgi-bin/getcase.pl?court=US&vol=505&invol=833
http://www.oyez.org/oyez/resource/case/306/
Rust v. Sullivan, 500 U.S. 173, 111 S.Ct. 1759 (1991)
p 747
http://caselaw.findlaw.com/cgi-bin/getcase.pl?court=US&vol=500&invol=173
http://www.oyez.org/oyez/resource/case/340/
Mazurek v. Armstrong, 520 U.S. 968, 117 S.Ct. 1865 (1997)
http://www.oyez.org/oyez/resource/case/1515/
Kansas v. Hendricks, 117 S.Ct. 2072 (1997)
p 592
http://caselaw.findlaw.com/cgi-bin/getcase.pl?court=US&vol=000&invol=95-1649
http://www.oyez.org/oyez/resource/case/831/
Schenck v. Pro-Choice Network of Western New York, 117 S.Ct. 885 (1997)
p 831
http://caselaw.findlaw.com/cgi-bin/getcase.pl?court=US&vol=000&invol=95-1065
http://www.oyez.org/oyez/resource/case/838/
Bowers v. Hardwick, 478 U.S. 186 (1986)
p 749
http://caselaw.findlaw.com/cgi-bin/getcase.pl?court=US&vol=478&invol=186
http://www.oyez.org/oyez/resource/case/44/
Lawrence v. Texas, No. 02-102 (2003)
http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/cgi-bin/getcase.pl?court=US&navby=case&vol=000&invol=02-102
http://www.oyez.org/oyez/resource/case/1542/
Oral Arg. Transcripts: http://www.supremecourtus.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/02-102.pdf
Legal Information Institute Links: http://supct.law.cornell.edu/supct/background/02-102_ref.htm
Cruzan by Cruzan v. Director, Missouri Dept. of Public Health, 497 U.S. 261 (1990)
p 764
http://caselaw.findlaw.com/cgi-bin/getcase.pl?court=US&vol=497&invol=261
http://www.oyez.org/oyez/resource/case/91/
Washington v. Glucksberg, 117 S.Ct. 2258 (1997)
p 765
http://caselaw.findlaw.com/cgi-bin/getcase.pl?court=US&vol=000&invol=96-110
http://www.oyez.org/oyez/resource/case/843/
Diamond v. Chakrabarty, 447 U.S. 303 (1980)
http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?navby=case&court=us&vol=447&page=303
http://www.oyez.org/oyez/resource/case/1125/
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